Last week was National Suicide Prevention Week. I should have posted this poem then. No matter. I offer it to anyone who has screwed up, to anyone who feels shame so deep they don't know how to get out from under it. I'm rooting for you. Commiseration This poem is for those who have whispered in desperate urgency: “Let me get away with it this time.” Perhaps finished this invocation with a promise to change: “Lord,” you may have called upon a power … [Read more...]
News of Solace writers & friends: Powers, Somlo, McConnell
Arthur Powers has a new book, The Book of Jotham, out on Kindle. The Book of Jotham won the 2012 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction for the Novella and is published by Tuscany Press, which is "seeking and making known stories with human frailties, beauty, grace, love, redemption, hope, courage and the presence of God." The 61-page book is about Jotham who is a mentally challenged man-child and apostle of Jesus Christ. Arthur also has a book of short stories due out from a … [Read more...]
Updates and news: Mahan, Adamkiewicz, Hilbert, Kirk, Langan, Levine (and me)
Due to construction I have been slacking, but not so with Solace in So Many Words contributors. Kathleen Kirk has four poems, "Daughter of Midas," "Children Again," "Goldfinches," and "Mythology" in Glasschord Magazine (volume 27). I hadn't heard of this online magazine before but the website explains, "Glasschord Magazine was founded by a community of emerging artists as an open forum for creative expression. Each monthly issue explores a single theme from a variety of … [Read more...]